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Your tax withholding rate should be 5% for the entire year, so as soon as you are on a JFRV, your monthly withholding rate should be as any "Taiwanese resident," which is 5%. If not, just make your case that due to your marriage, you are entitled to this rate. I work directly for a public school, so I get that 5% monthly withholding rate. That is pretty much the only benefit you get from being married. That's it. You won't get any benefits such as paid insurance.

Hi there, great tip...I'm in the process of getting my JFRV right now (it's a total headache!!)...The tax withholding tip will come in very handy. Wondering, do either of you know how it works once I have my JFRV? Can I go to and from the country as I please? Could I, for instance, move back to Canada for a few years with my wife and come back to Taiwan with the same JFRV?

The upshot of it all is that even though you will be classed as Resident in the ROC for the tax year, your employer could decide to be a total dick and continue taxing you at 18% for the first six months of the year.

That page says that in order to claim that you are resident in the ROC during a tax year, you must meet one of two criteria: either you are physically present for 183 days or more in a calendar year (impossible to prove before July), or that you are "domiciled" here, regardless of number of days you spend in the country. Since you will be registered on your wife's hujitengben, you should be considered domiciled (the Chinese words are 有住所).

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